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  • The Tactless Philosopher – Johann Reinhold Forster 1729-1798 – Michael Hoare

    The Tactless Philosopher – Johann Reinhold Forster 1729-1798 – Michael Hoare

    Johann Reinhold Forster was a German born philosopher who sailed with Captain James Cook on his second Voyage of discovery. A complex and remarkable man – a detailed and worthy account.

    Scarce Cook item

    $40.00

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  • NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE, PORT JACKSON – SAUVAGES DES MONTAGNES-BLUES – Louis de Freycinet – Atlas Historique 1822

    NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE, PORT JACKSON – SAUVAGES DES MONTAGNES-BLUES – Louis de Freycinet – Atlas Historique 1822

    Original stipple engraving of Blue Mountains Aboriginals by Forget being Plate 101 of the Atlas to Voyage Autour du Monde by Louis de Freycinet published in Paris 1822.

    A rare engraving depicting the Aboriginal Chiefs in an unusual (if not classical) pose. Approximately 32cms x 22cms with a strong plate impression – in good condition. Framed external dimensions 52cms x 32cms in a cream mat and simple burr wood frame. A fine item of some historical significence.

    Rare – de Freycinet

    $240.00

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  • A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest – Laennec

    A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest – Laennec

    Leather bound and beautifully gilt embossed from the Classics of Medicine Library 1979. Fine condition 428 pages plus 8 plates all edges gilt.

    Originally published as an English translation in 1821 by Doctor John Forbes. The French physician Laennec pioneered the use of “Acoustick Instruments” in the diagnosis of diseases of the chest.

    Pioneering French Medicine for the Short of Breath.

    $60.00

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  • The Wisdom of Confucius – Who else

    The Wisdom of Confucius – Who else

    “Music rises from the heart when it is touched by the external world” so said Confucius. A nice Modern Library edition.

    Immortal wisdom

    $30.00

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  • Thin Geological Section Microscope Slides -1913 – Set of Five

    Thin Geological Section Microscope Slides -1913 – Set of Five

    A group of five thin section slides from the UK, India and Iceland all nice samples, well labelled and in nice condition

    Obsidian with spherulites from Iceland
    (Spherulites are small rounded bodies that occur in vitreous igneous rocks such as obsidian)

    Chert – Blue Limestone – Somerset
    (This unusual blue coloured limestone is from a Lias Quarry in Shepton Mallet)

    Chloritic Marl – Compton Abbas – Dorset
    (Fossil containing bedrock to the chalk of southern England)

    Anorthite from Salem South India
    (A Gneiss rock structure from the Sittampundi Complex at Salem near Madras)

    Augen Gneiss from Strahnaver, Sutherland, Scotland
    (A Metamorphic rock which is clotted with flesh coloured feldspar “augen”)

    A very good selection

    $90.00

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  • Unique New Guinea Item – C.A.W Monckton’s Trilogy of His Adventures in New Guinea; Fact of Fiction – A Thesis by Nancy Lutton

    Unique New Guinea Item – C.A.W Monckton’s Trilogy of His Adventures in New Guinea; Fact of Fiction – A Thesis by Nancy Lutton

    Submitted to the University of Papua New Guinea as part of a BA in History in December 1972. Nancy Lutton was born in Sydney in 1931 and lived in PNG from 1967-1980 where she was the New Guinea Collection Librarian. As well as academic works she published “My Dearest Brown Eyes” the letters between Sir Donald Cleland and his wife during WWII. She was awarded an MBE in 1981.

    This 92 page plus map thesis is most provoking as it explores the character of Charles Monckton a New Zealander (born 1873) who found himself in New Guinea in 1897 and under MacGregor was given the post as resident magistrate Eastern Division. He carried out explorations but after criticism of his cruel practices resigned in 1907 and went to London where he wrote three books “Some Experiences of a Resident Magistrate” (1920), “Last Days in New Guinea” (1922) and “New Guinea Recollections” (1934). Nancy Lutton concludes that the first two books though biased in judgement were factually correct whilst the third book sullied his reputation in an attempt to exonerate himself. Nancy Lutton wrote his lengthy entry in the “Australian Dictionary of Biography” and her conclusions are based on this thesis.

    True Monckton Personality Revealed

    $80.00

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